SEVE Ballesteros added to Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher's
problems yesterday when he became the second member of the team to
suffer a neck injury.
The 36-year-old Spaniard succumbed five days after Bernhard Langer had
to pull out of the European Masters with a similar problem.
Ballesteros, runner-up in Switzerland on Sunday, was unable to take
part in a nine-hole charity match at East Sussex where the GA European
Open begins tomorrow. He complained of stiffness last Friday, but
yesterday cricked his neck and was unable to turn his head properly. So
far, however, he has not withdrawn from today's pro-am.
Sam Torrance has missed the last three events with a bruised chest,
but he returns to action tomorrow.
STEPHEN Young (Inverallochy), the Scottish boys' champion, and Chris
Smith, from Scarborough South Cliff, share the lead on level-par 144
going into the third and final round of the Daily Express National Boys'
championship in La Manga. Yesterday, Young shot a 73 and Smith a
four-under-par 68. Leading aggregates:
144 -- S Young (Inverllochy) 71, 73; C Smith (Scarborough South Cliff)
68, 76.
146 -- R Duck (Northants County) 74, 72.
149 -- N Price (Heswall) 76, 73.
152 -- R Buxton (Ifield) 79, 73; M Derry (Trevose) 77, 75; C Duke
(Porters Park) 72, 80.
153 -- M Parry (Stoke-by-Nyland) 77, 76.
156 -- R Moore (Bridge of Allan) 78, 78; A Heath (Telford) 76, 80.
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